Recession Adds to Caseload in New York State Courts – NYTimes.com

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Recession Adds to Caseload in New York State Courts – NYTimes.com.

New York State’s courts are closing the year with 4.7 million cases — the highest tally ever — and new statistics suggest that courtrooms are now seeing the delayed result of the country’s economic collapse. The Great Recession may be showing signs of easing, but the legal fallout from the financial troubles, the numbers suggest, may have only just begun.